“If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
“I realize that long hours of reading are not for everyone but I have never ceased to be grateful that they are… — Victor P. Hass Copy Share Image
One gains at least two to three times more experience grabbing the tiger by the tail than reading about it in a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“A book may be regarded as irrelevant until it's relevance, importance and purpose is discovered through reading” — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“In this way, I was able to place my own concerns aside and curl myself up in the cocoon of somebody else's… — Kate Kerrigan Copy Share Image
At university, I had been obsessed with reading about the lives of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and I was steeped in the crazy… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
“A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary… — Agona Apell Copy Share Image
She’d majored in English, hoping that meant she could spend the next four years reading and writing. And maybe the next four… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I always found when I was reading an interview with an actor that I wasn't interested in their political opinions - I… — Elizabeth Hurley Copy Share Image
Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
“So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I remember that even my first impression of Italian cinema was pictures by paparazzi because my mom was reading all of these… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
“At the end of each day, Elizabeth read to me. She had shelves and shelves of children's classics, dusty hardcovers with stamped… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Wayne: You wanna know why I really came to find you? Waxilliam: Why? Wayne: I thought of you happy in a comfy… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
A book is a part of life, a manifestation of life, just as much as a tree or a horse or a… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“No, I have never had a problem finding books to read. But I have had a problem finding people who understand what… — G.R. Reader Copy Share Image
The only way we could remember would be by constant re-reading, for knowledge unused tends to drop out of mind. Knowledge used… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“The reading of great books awaken and brightens the light of my soul.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. — John Locke Copy Share Image
One really understands testicles after reading 'The Family Jewels,' and one is gratified. — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The best rule of reading will be a method from nature, and not a mechanical one of hours and pages.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.” — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
“In life you only get what you put in, the same is true for reading.” — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
For me, it was a formative experience reading Eliot when I was younger. 'The Waste Land,' in particular. — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image